Finger-ring and method of making the same



'B.ALTSCHUL. I FINGER RING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1919.

l 3 30, 6 l 7 Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

INVENTOR 2; BY I A NEY,

" UNITED @TATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN ALTSCHUL, OF NEWARK, NEIIV J ERSEY,ASSIGNOR T0 'J.IIEtIAlSTGLERING? MFG. COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

=FINGER-RING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ALTSCI-IUL, a citizen of Poland, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Finger-Rings and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved finger ring, and particularly to the kind known as seal rings or signet rings, which have a raised top and which are usually finished by engraving initials or other matter on the top and providing the top with an ornamental edge.

My improved ring consists of a metal body portion and a metal frame around the top thereof, the frame being made of metal that contrasts in color with the body portion of the ring, and, if desired, also contrasting in color with the top, and when suitably engraved or otherwise finished provides a new and novel appearance which has not heretofore been possible in finger rings.

This invention is designed to be made up in rings of the better quality in which the metal itself lends to the attractiveness of the ring and is not to be confused with enameled or similarly surfaced rings, nor with rings in which the contrasts in appear ance are provided by stones.

One form of my improved ring is illus trated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side View of a ring made according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the ring shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the top part of the ring made on the plane represented by line 3-3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modified form of construction.

In said drawing, the body portion of the ring 10 is made in any desired form, having the usual loop for the reception of the finger, and the upper part 11 of the ring being made, in signet or seal rings, approximately fiat and adapted to present considerable sur face. The upper portion is provided with the top 12, the outer surface of which is usually made flat, and in the finished ring is provided with engraving, either of the initials or some other suitable design, this top being raised above the surface of the ring and providing an elevation.

The edges of the top can be of any suitable Serial No. 311,506.

form as to the outline thereof and also as to shape, as represented in-cross-section. The design I show, however, has vertical edges 13 and a fiat horizontal margin 14-. To provide a finish for the ring I furnish a frame 15 which, on its inner edge, conforms to the shape of the top, and on its bottom edge conforms to the margin 1 1, usually being made to fit very tight and applied by being hammered on the upper surface 16 of the sired, the frame is suitably engraved or 0therwise ornamented on its surface.

Marked contrasts are provided by mak ing the body of the ring, and also the frame, of metals that are of a color that contrast, and this color contrast enhances the appearance of the ring and is new in finger rings. For instance, a ring can be supplied made of red gold and the frame made of white gold, or it may be of green gold, or the ring itself can be made of grizgn gold and the frame of white or red go In Fig. 4- I show a structure in which the top 12 has its top surface depressed and a plate 17 is placed on the top and within the frame, the plate 17 being made of a metal that forms a color contrast both with the body portion of the ring and the frame, so that in a ring of this kind the body portion may be of white gold, the top can be made of green gold and the frame can be made of red gold, and when the top and the frame are suitably engraved or otherwise ornamented by treatment on the metal itself, and without the use of any other coloring or surfacing, a substantial and rich looking ring is the result.

In making these rings I usually make the frame to fit very tightly around the top so that pressure is necessary to put it in place, and I preferably do this by hammering the frame into position around the top so that it fits tightly and is driven home. The surface of the frame and also of the top is then suitably ornamented. An advantage of the ring is that in case a different design is desired on the surface of the frame, the surface is taken down by any suitable means, such as by filing, and a new type or design of ornamentation can be put on the frame. Rings of the type herein described are highly attractive and both the top and the with the ring, said frame having its edges merging with the body and top of the ring.

3. A metal finger ring having a substantially fiat top with vertical edges and a horizontal depressed margin, and a frame of metal to contrast with the body portion of the ring, said frame being substantially triangular in cross-section with two of its surfaces fitting against the edge and margin of the top.

i. A metalfinger ring having a top, a plate made of metal of a color to contrast with the ring, and a frame made of metal to contrast with both the body portion of the ring and the plate, said frame surrounding the plate and forming an element with its outer surface providing a continuous surface be tween the body portion and the plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand this 16th day of July, 1919.

BENJAMIN ALTSCHUL. 

